[Leica] Need opinions 21 f2.8 M 1980s version also seeking Bessa R2 in green

[John McMaster]

Don't forget the Leica 21mm SEM (f3.4),  much better than the Elmarit asph IMO.

john

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Good morning from the sunny South U.S.,
I am going to propose a divergent heresy.  For best image quality go with the Zeiss 21 2.8 or at the higher end of cost the Leica 21 1.4 ASPH.  Very very high optical performance but at a high price.  If budget precludes that then you will get very close to the older Leica 21 2.8 optical performance with one of the Cosina offerings at a much better price.  The CV lenses will also tend to be more compact.

My logic is that you can do far better optically with the higher end optics; as well they will deliver the goods with almost any platform you migrate to.  But, budgets do constrain us so you can spend far less for equivalent performance with the CV products.  This is the classic good better best decision; the difference between good and better is not much optically but significant price wise.

All the best

Don
don.dory at gmail.com

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote:

> CV lenses, too thanks Mark in PDX
>